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Re: Mount Current Users Folder as Disk
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Re: Mount Current Users Folder as Disk


  • Subject: Re: Mount Current Users Folder as Disk
  • From: Nigel Smith <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:26:18 +0100

On 10/4/05 20:23, "Todd Geist" <email@hidden> wrote:

> No, sorry, I wasn¹t being very clear.
>
> I need a path that exists on every OSX machine that I can use with FileMaker
> Pro 7.
>
> FileMaker allows you to specify a path for exporting data or images etc.  But
> if the FileMaker file is on a server being accessed by various FM clients on
> different machines the export will fail because the paths aren¹t the same on
> every machine.
>
> So I found a script which lets me create a disk image called ³FM_TEMP².  Now I
> am working on creating an alias or symbolic link to the current users folder
> and put it the Disk Image.

As I think you've found, aliases don't work.

However, I've just tested and found that relative paths in script steps for
remote databases resolve starting at the client application folder -- on my
machine /Applications/FileMaker Pro 7/ -- so

    file:exportTest/test.tab

...will save into /Applications/FileMaker Pro 7/exportTest/test.tab

So you could save there then use AppleScript to move the files to the user's
home folder. Or, at a pinch, save to a network share (mounted by
AppleScript) and move them from there.

HTH,

    Nigel

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